The 30-year-old ace aims to claim his first-ever win on the Rettenbach glacier but there will be several skiers to watch, for example the Super-G World Cup holder Hannes Reichelt and Hermann 'Herminator' Maier, a three-time winner in Soelden. Romed Baumann and Mario Scheiber earned the last two spots after the trial.

Women's head coach Herbert Mandl has also called-up ten racers. The female Wunderteam can count on Elizabeth Goergl, Kathrin Zettel and Nicole Hosp. Hosp was the last Austrian winner in 2002, when she shared a three-way win with Norway's Andrine Flemmen and Tina Maze of Slovenia. Silvia Berger and Regina Mader claimed the last two spots.